Excerpt from Message of Governor Joseph K. Toole: To the Second Legislative Assembly of the State of Montana; January 5, 1891 Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly: Obedient to that provision of the constitution which requires me, at the beginning of each session, to give to the Legislative Assembly, information of the condition of the state and to make such recommendation as deemed expedient, I have the honor to submit for your consideration the following message: The year which has just closed finds us in a flourishing condition. Mining, Stock raising and agriculture, the three industries in which we are conspicuously successful, have made rapid strides in development. Great irrigating enterprises are on foot by which our fertile soil will be made to respond in a greatly increased measure. Our oft asserted claim for the capacity of our soil to produce the best and most prolific yield of wheat, oats and barley has been fully established and maintained. Our great and diversified resources, by which we are self-supporting, have made us virtually independent of the financial stress which has lately oppressed with disastrous effects less favored communities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.